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The American Professionals take character flaws, guilt, and a dash of hope and spread them out like sweet marmalade on a piece of crunchy, pop toast. You get all your RDA recommended allotment of procrastination, self-indulgence and low self esteem and still get to savor the joys of catchy melodies, grinding guitars, and fluffy billows of lush harmony. "Hey, if you're going to be condemned to a life of committing sins of omission, at least you can do it from your Barcalounger..." Aside from Gregg Anderson's drumming, Chuck played all the instruments himself and performed all the lead and backing vocals on "Faking It". "In every recording I've ever done, I always tried to get as many over-the -top backing vocals in there as humanly possible. But when it's not my record, I eventually have to back down and shut up." says Lindo, " I guess there was nobody there to say 'no' this time..." " I didn't set out so much to make the most eclectic record possible, but I also didn't shy away from any songs because they didn't fit into a particular format", says Chuck. Engineer/coproducer Patrick Conway assured him that no matter what they committed to tape, it would all be tied together by the common thread of Chuck's vocals. "It worked, as far as I can tell", Chuck reports. " I got a little worried there for a minute. I didn't want to come off like the ADD poster boy that most of my friends think I am. But since I'd come up with most of these songs over a long period of time, it was inevitable that there'd be some range of personality to them." Here's what a few people have to say about "Faking It": You can take the man out of St. Louis - in this case, Nukes bassist Chuck Lindo, who now lives in LA - but you can't take St. Louis out of the man ... like his beloved former band, the Professionals specialize in tar-sticky hooks ... power-pop tendencies belie a fondness for geeky new-wave obscurities and the histrionic harmonies of Queen. -BY ANNIE ZALESKI Wednesday, November 2, 2005 Riverfront Times, St. Louis, MO Contentment is the enemy of rock. But happiness and wisdom have not dulled the songwriting skills of the American Professionals' Chuck Lindo. The brains behind the beloved 1980s punk act the Nukes, Lindo has discovered power pop in his adopted home of Los Angeles. New topics of conversation include the joys of procrastination and the serenity that comes once you realize you ain't all that. In the exuberant "Faking It," Lindo reflects on a subject near and dear to St. Louis' heart: alt-country angst. "Some seemed to me to be feigning and deliberately obscuring their work for the appearance of artistic integrity," Lindo says. "I mean, c'mon, man, you know you can actually sing." Hmm, wonder who he's talking about? -BY DIANE TOROIAN KEAGGY St.Louis Post-Distpatch November 3. 2005 "...best of the year honors fantastic...this is one of those records that just says everything about melodic, hooky, catchy music that I could say on the page. Not a bad track to be had-far from it, in fact... a true pop classic... I'm going to be shouting it from the rooftops as loud as I can... it belongs in every pop fan's collection... Lindo weaves his three-dimensional tales with grace and bottomless talent... it is obvious, from the first song, that Lindo is a major talent and that the American Professionals' debut is simply smashing stuff." -ALAN HABER, Pure Pop/Budhge "On their Faking It CD, you'll hear some of the catchiest powerpop you've had the pleasure of hearing in a long while, and that's high praise at International Pop Overthrow, believe me!" -DAVID BASH- Founder, International Pop Overthrow "Not only a promising debut, it's a realized, ambitious pop record that makes up its own rules in a easy-to-digest and enjoyable manner. Extremely Highly Recommended" -NOT LAME RECORDINGS "Faking It is chock full of tasty tracks from start to finish....These guys are due to catch a big one!" -WILL KAUFFMAN-WQCM, Chambersburg, PA The American Professionals will be traveling around these United States throughout 2006 in support of the record and will release new album "Similar to Sugar Pill" in late spring 2006. Check out the artist's website: http://www.theamericanprofessionals.com Track List: 1. Fade It On 2. That Would Be Me 3. We Flew 4. Can't Hang Around 5. Space Between 6. Faking It 7. Don't Let It Bring You Down * 8. Outstanding Day 9. Big Surprise 10. Beginning To End 11. Head of a Pin 12. Soon Suggested CDs:
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